A 15-second clip shows the Android 2.3-based device with a slide-out controller and touch-screen. A PlayStation app is selected, signifying a portal to a PlayStation-branded gaming experience. Tabs at the top of the app read "Recently Played" and "Recently Added".

In the longer clip, the device clearly shows that it is called "Zeus" and that it is running Android version "Gingerbread". The hardware bears the Sony Ericsson logo.

WSJ does, however, believe that a Sony Ericsson smartphone with a slide-out videogame controller is, in fact, in development. "The phone is expected to run a version of Google Inc.’s Android operating system and the games will be downloaded through the device using an application on the phone," WSJ reports.

Furthermore, WSJ speculates of a possible unveiling at the Mobile World Congress in February -- an event that Sony Ericsson plans to make a lot of "noise" at.

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You already can play PS1 games on the Android phones; there is a PS1 emulator that people seem to like in the Market. I already have SNES, NES, & Atari on my EVO ('OID versions from yongzh). If yongzh comes out with a Playstation one I will likely get that also.

I would assume a PSP phone would have the capability to play PSP games built in. Everything else outside of the last few consoles are covered in Emulators. Combining all of these options with the D-Pad/Action buttons would be great!

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